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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
TopicTelecom companies

Topic: Telecom companies

Supreme Court allows Centre to recover Rs 92,000 crore from Airtel, Vodafone, other telecoms

PTI -
The central govt is owed around Rs 21,600 crore in licence fee from Airtel, around Rs 19,800 crore from Vodafone while Reliance Communications owes Rs 16,400 crore.

Here’s what Modi govt must do when 5G arrives: give spectrum free to Jio, Airtel & others

Sonali Ranade -
Left to itself, telecom industry will take years to come up with the capital needed to exploit 5G opportunity. So, Modi government must step in.

India’s 5G shift & Digital Village plan have hit a hurdle: Telecom sector’s Rs 7.7 trillion debt

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
New Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government plans to hold 5G spectrum auction in 2019, but industry players aren't ready.

Success, not failure, could be the reason why investment demand is still sluggish

TN Ninan -
Better highways mean trucks can carry bigger loads, so demand for trucks is falling. Such improved productivity must be taken into GDP consideration, but is it?

Idea-Vodafone merger to create country’s largest telecom operator

PTI -
The merged entity, Vodafone Idea Ltd is all set to overtake Bharti Airtel with a subscriber base of over 40.8 crore.

How India’s politicians, bureaucrats and judges treat telecom sector as their piggy bank

Mihir Sharma -
Govt's attempt to profit from a possible merger between Vodafone & Idea is a conspicuous example.
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My first meeting with Modi ji in 1996 gave me a living model of leadership: ML Khattar

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As Modi enters his seventy-sixth year of service to the nation, I join millions in wishing him strength and success.

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Economy

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

Sampurna Panigrahi -
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Defence

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

Saksham Thakur -
China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

National Interest

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Shekhar Gupta -
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.

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